RollingScone's Top Stories of the Week!

Brett Michaels Hit by Falling Karma
Brett Michaels, precocious star of Rock of Love and former lead singer of Poison, was hit on the head by a falling piece of karma at the Tony Awards last week. The piece of stage was knocked loose by Brett's past transgressions which range from dating Pamela Anderson to having sex with multiple floozy's for three seasons of Rock of Love without any consequences. However during the Tony awards all his previous sins finally came to a head and the piece of stage struck him in the head and knocked him out.

The Society of Tight Pants and Chuck T's (STPCT) Removes Kings of Leon from Acceptable List; Issues Warning to Grizzly Bear
The Society of Tight Pants and Chuck T's, the secret organization which regulates what kind of music that today's indie and emo kid's can like, has officially removed Kings of Leon from its list of acceptable bands to like. the STPCT had issued a warning to Kings of Leon after Molly's Chambers was used on a car commercial. However, the King's latest album, "Because of the Times" with its singles Sex on Fire and Someone Like You have received far too much radio play for the band to remain acceptably cool. Indie kids are advised to denigrate the band by saying the songwriting is too poppy and by saying that the album is over produced. Calling the band "sell-outs" is also urged. The STPCT has also issued a warning to the band Grizzly Bear due to their album making the Billboard top 10.

Lady Gaga's "Poker Face" playing on New York Radio Stations 24/7 for the Past 3 Months
For the past three months, at every minute of every day, 24/7, Lady Gaga's super hit "Poker Face" has been on the radio on one of 12 New York Radio Stations. From the Spanish language Mega 97.9 to 107.5 WBLS urban contemporary, "Poker Face" was run on a continual loop. Additionally on June 1st at 12:23am, "Poker Face" could be found on 7 of the 12 NYC radio stations simultaneously. The run was finally broken on June 11th when "Poker Face" was completely absent from the radio for 25 seconds, until Fresh 102.7 played the song and started another 4 day cycle of continuous play.

Best of 2008

Every year I make a list of my favorite albums from that year. And every year I post it on my myspace blog and no one seems to care. So now I share my list with you, beloved readers of Rolling Scone, in hopes that maybe one of you will care enough to enter into a heated debate with me about one of my selections and its placement. You could even share a list of your own with me, and I will tell you how wrong you are. After all, making lists isn't about enjoying music, it's about being right. So without further ado I now present to you my 100 favorite albums of 2008.

100. District Line - Bob Mould
99. Working Man’s Café - Ray Davies
98. Modern Guilt - Beck
97. Lay It Down - Al Green
96. Do You Like Rock Music? - British Sea Power
95. Golden Delicious - Mike Doughty
94. Momofuku - Elvis Costello
93. Mercy…Dancing for the Death of an Imaginary Enemy - Ours
92. It Is Time For A Love Revolution - Lenny Kravitz
91. Warpaint - Black Crowes
90. Field Manual - Chris Walla
89. The Stand Ins - Okkervil River
88. Happy In Galoshes - Scott Weiland
87. A Piece of What You Need - Teddy Thompson
86. Exit Strategy of the Soul - Ron Sexsmith
85. Robert Pollard Is Off To Business - Robert Pollard
84. Caught In the Trees - Damien Jurado
83. Now or Heaven - The Broken West
82. Sunshine Lies - Matthew Sweet
81. Forth - The Verve
80. Recovery - Loudan Wainwright III
79. Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails - The Baseball Project
78. Detours - Sheryl Crow
77. The Sucker Punch Show - Lovedrug
76. Real Animal - Alejandro Escovedo
75. Seeing Things - Jakob Dylan
74. The Seldom Seen Kid - Elbow
73. Slick Dogs and Ponies - Louis XIV
72. Acid Tongue - Jenny Lewis
71. Fire Songs - The Watson Twins
70. Weezer (Red Album) - Weezer
69. Flock - Bell X1
68. Brain Thrust Mastery - We Are Scientists
67. Ode To J. Smith - Travis
66. Brighter Than Creation’s Dark - Drive-By Truckers
65. Electric Arguments - The Fireman
64. Giving Up the Ghost - Jackie Greene
63. Into the Sun - Candlebox
62. Songs In A & E - Spiritualized
61. Addicted To Company (Part 1) - Paddy Casey
60. We Have Cause To Be Uneasy - Wild Sweet Orange
59. Gossip In the Grain - Ray LaMontagne
58. In the Future - Black Mountain
57. Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
56. Secret Machines - Secret Machines
55. Dig Out Your Soul - Oasis
54. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
53. Jukebox - Cat Power
52. Como Te Llama? - Albert Hammond Jr.
51. Furr - Blitzen Trapper
50. In the Ever - Mason Jennings
49. Volume One - She & Him
48. Real Emotional Trash - Stephen Malkmus & Jicks
47. Off With Their Heads - Kaiser Chiefs
46. Here We Stand - The Fratellis
45. Raise the Dead - Phantom Planet
44. Everthing That Happens Will Happen Today - David Byrne and Brian Eno
43. Break Up the Concrete - The Pretenders
42. Low vs Diamond - Low vs Diamond
41. 4:13 Dream - The Cure
40. Temporary People - Joseph Arthur and the Lonely Astronauts
39. Hope for the Hopeless - Brett Dennen
38. Narrow Stairs - Deathcab For Cutie
37. Connor Oberst - Connor Oberst
36. Can’t Love, Can’t Hurt - Augustana
35. Pull the Pin - Stereophonics
34. A Hundred Million Suns - Snow Patrol
33. Elephants…Teeth Sinking Into Heart - Rachael Yamagata
32. Asking For Flowers - Kathleen Edwards
31. For My Friends - Blind Melon
30. Grand Archives - Grand Archives
29. Day & Age - The Killers
28. Oceans Will Rise - The Stills
27. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
26. Attack & Release - The Black Keys
25. Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings - Counting Crows
24. Heart On - Eagles of Death Metal
23. Here’s To Being Here - Jason Collett
22. Perfect Symmetry - Keane
21. The Virgins - The Virgins
20. Parallel Player - Sloan
19. Fate - Dr. Dog
18. Felice Brothers - Felice Brothers
17. Evil Urges - My Morning Jacket
16. Freedom Wind - The Explorers Club
15. Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends - Coldplay
14. Saturnalia - Gutter Twins
13. A Long Dream About Swimming Across the Sea - Tyler Ramsey
12. Blame It On Gravity - Old 97’s
11. Mermaids - Slow Runner
10. For Emma, Forever Ago - Bon Iver
9. Cardinology - Ryan Adams and the Cardinals
8. Animal!/Not Animal - Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s
7. Diamond Hoo Ha - Supergrass
6. Konk - The Kooks
5. Dear Science - TV on the Radio
4. Stay Positive - The Hold Steady
3. Consolers of the Lonely - The Raconteurs
2. Only By The Night - Kings of Leon
1. Lucky - Nada Surf